Why it never ends

Chapter 1110 Tear Trough

Hesta did not answer immediately, because Pakat's question itself implied some information - where else could the orphans come from?

"I don't know." Hesta said solemnly, as if he was making a promise. "What did Aggie tell you?"

Pacat sneered: "Of course he wouldn't tell me the information that would put them in moral risk, but when talking about the construction of the nursery, he still mentioned the 'scale' of raising children..."

Pakat suddenly started coughing, and Stella hurried forward to help her calm down and handed her a glass of warm water.

The old woman pushed the cup away, and she looked at Hesta with the look of a hawk on the hunt.

"If the children sent here were ordinary orphans, how could he control the number of children? How could he have the idea of ​​further expanding the nursery?"

Pakat stared at Hesta, not wanting to miss any slight changes on his face.

"Do you remember that I once wrote in the materials I gave you where in the world such scenes can be found?"

"Remember," Hesta said, "the city orphanage before the invention of antibiotics, or the dictator's laboratory where ethics are nothing, Pacat..."

"There are no laboratories in the mountains! The most economical and convenient way to create a baby there is to make a woman pregnant! Maybe you can understand my anger, maybe you can't--"

"I can." Hesta interrupted Pakat in a low voice, "Your speculation is not impossible, because when I first went there, a member of the Deep Anchor told me that there is one Kasyapa - a person with the ability of Mercury Needle - among every 22 newborns there."

Stella and Pakat's pupils constricted almost at the same time.

Hesta glanced at the two of them cautiously: "I haven't verified this number yet, please keep it secret."

Pakat slowly leaned back on the pillow in deep thought, her brows furrowed and her voice barely audible.

"…Then it makes sense."

"I know what you are worried about," Hesta put his hand on the back of the old man's hand again, "My cooperation with them has not reached such a deep level, and it is impossible to go so deep. I will find a way to verify whether they have started a similar plan. If so, then I will find a way to intervene in that process - I am not the person standing opposite you, Pakat, we are on the same page on this matter."

Pacat remained silent, but she finally took the glass of water from Stella.

“…This is ridiculous.” The old man murmured.

"Look at it from a bright side. They knew to hide it, which at least means they knew it was not a good thing." Stella smiled bitterly. "Didn't Robbeglier set up an 'Eden' in District 1 before? The women there kept getting pregnant and giving birth... Those people even regarded it as an honor."

Hesta listened silently to Stella talking about Robbegrillet without interrupting at all. Then, she told the two about the women living in her backyard... Hesta could clearly see that Pacat was in pain.

The old man's likes and dislikes were so straightforward in her eyes, without any concealment. "In two weeks, the school building and classrooms will be built, and the children - and the women - will move in together," Hesta looked at Pacat, "You should recover first... It may be very busy then. In your current state, I'm not sure how much you can handle."

"It's indeed a problem." Pakat lowered his eyes slightly, "The current situation is more difficult than before."

As he said this, Pacat laughed.

"I heard Stella tell me about that dinner. Tell me, Jane, is it true? Do you believe in Feng Shui?"

Hesta did not answer, but just looked back at the old man's eyes quietly, and after a while he said: "What do you think?"

"...Okay." A certain determination also appeared on Pakat's face. "I won't force myself, but I won't slow down your progress either. Just wait and see, Jane. I will give you a surprise."

……

Eunice and Gahoduolei were so busy the whole morning that they didn't even have time to drink water.

Eunice was both surprised and delighted - Teacher Boheng would never have thought that on the second day after they arrived here, they would have been deeply involved in the farm's most core project at the moment: building a school.

At first, the task was handed over to a construction team from a nearby town, and Santa personally selected the people. It can be said that everyone had good skills and was willing to work hard. However, when Wosandta showed up with the women, the atmosphere on the construction site immediately changed subtly.

At first, the men thought that these people were just here to help, but things changed after Yunis and Gahodole came. That morning, Wosandta walked up to them and asked them to rework the window sills of all the wooden windows. Under Yunis's translation, Wosandta's expression was extremely clear: there was a lack of a waterproof groove at the bottom of those wooden window sills, which meant that once it rained heavily, rainwater would most likely seep into the base of the window along the bottom plane, making the entire window more susceptible to moisture.

A young apprentice on the construction site quickly ran to the temporary warehouse where they stored spare materials. He reached in and found that everything was just as the old woman said. For some reason, this batch of window sills were missing a "tear trough" under the windowsills - that is, the groove used for waterproofing, which is their jargon.

The apprentice ran back excitedly, wanting to tell everyone about his discovery, but found the construction site in chaos. Eunice was fighting with several young men, and each punch was powerful. Several old carpenters tried to stop the fight, but were thrown to the ground. Fortunately, Jiahoduolei, who was standing by, was quick to protect their heads.

By nine o'clock, most of the men on the construction site had run away, but Wosandta was not in a hurry. She still pulled Eunice and walked to the side of the old carpenter who had tried to mediate the quarrel. The two chatted in low voices for a while and soon reached an agreement - the old carpenter and his apprentices went to the warehouse again. The four of them set up a workbench in the warehouse, picked up the mortise and tenon machine, and added a wedge-shaped "tear groove" to the bottom of each window sill.

The whole process took less than forty minutes.

The old carpenter returned to the construction site. It was break time. He walked over to Wosandta and sat down. "Do you smoke?"

Wosunda smiled, took the cigarette handed to her, and the old carpenter lit it for her.

"Girl, do me a favor," the old carpenter looked at Eunice, "tell her that she's amazing. I didn't notice the problem with the window before, but luckily she helped me take a look. What did she do before she came here?"

Wosandta listened carefully and smiled: "It's in the mountains..."